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Birth name | Charles Louis Seeger Jr. |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | December 14, 1886
Died | February 7, 1979 Bridgewater, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 92)
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Charles Louis Seeger Jr. (December 14, 1886 – February 7, 1979) was an American musicologist, composer, teacher, and folklorist. He was the father of the American folk singers Pete Seeger (1919–2014), Peggy Seeger (b. 1935), and Mike Seeger (1933–2009); and brother of the World War I poet Alan Seeger (1888–1916) and children's author and educator Elizabeth Seeger (1889-1973).